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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Rainford and Eccleston.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Rainford and Eccleston.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Rainford
Grid Ref
SD4779900848
Lat / Lon
53.50174° / -2.78844°
Easting / Northing
347,799E / 400,848N
What3Words
jazz.knots.beam
Eccleston
Grid Ref
SJ4856796298
Lat / Lon
53.46092° / -2.77612°
Easting / Northing
348,567E / 396,298N
What3Words
duration.mows.shovels
Raiecc One's land is
Rainford | |
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Grid Ref | SD4779900848 |
Lat / Lon | 53.50174° / -2.78844° |
Easting / Northing | 347,799E / 400,848N |
What3Words | jazz.knots.beam |
Eccleston | |
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Grid Ref | SJ4856796298 |
Lat / Lon | 53.46092° / -2.77612° |
Easting / Northing | 348,567E / 396,298N |
What3Words | duration.mows.shovels |
Arable | 91.1% |
Urban | 8.9% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Hiking Historian
15 Dec 2023A good country walk between two villages on the edge of larger towns. Both ends are served well by public transport and shopping.
Starting in Rainford, we're soon on a footpath by the church. Running alongside sportsfields and then the edge of a farm field, we soon meet the A570, where we cross (there is no crossing, so care is needed). Ahead, a series of farm tracks (muddy in places) past Mossborough Hall until we meet the Coach Road, which is wooded and mostly tarmac.
Eventually, along another track to Woodside Farm. Crossing the road beyond, footpaths across a series of fields. Past Watery Lane Farm, along the track alongside Windle Brook (not an official path, but in regular use). Eventually we cross the A580 (there's crossing points in the dual carriageway barriers), and a muddy track beyond. This brings us to the playing fields, where we join the road and end near the library.
A good walk, albeit muddy in places, but mostly in countryside. Probably foot only; although there are no stiles or gates along the way, it does use a lot of muddy farm tracks, with a couple of footbridges and barriers.
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